6 GOINGS which perfornls fronl eIght to twelve, is the w.hole deal NOTE-The Rainbow Roonl, far above the mad- ding crowd, is open for cocktails fronl fou - thirty to nine Languid non-dance mUSIC bubbles up no\v and then, and not a single taxi horn is heard. The address: 30 Rocke- feller Plaza The phone: CI 6-5800. Closed Sundays. SMALL AND CHEERFUL (No dancing, unless noted.) DRAKE ROOM 7 I E. 56th St (PL 5-0600): An ex- trenlely plush parlor wherein -\ddison B.ailey strokes a piano during cocktails and dInner and after the theatre. Paul :\ilorse is the Sunday driver. . . . CAFE NI NO. 10 E. 52nd St. (PL 3-9014): Toujours l pOJitesse is ! e nlotivation of Cy \Valter s pIano, but It s politesse with a. zing. He's in. the bar for cocktails and dInner, and agaIn after the theatre. Closed Sundays.... LITTlE CLUB. o E 55th St. (PL 3-9425): !h.e only <:hange In this recently reopened oaSIS IS the dIsappear- ance of the sunken living roonl. The candy- stripe décor the bland piano of Kurt Maier, and the Fa cy Dan clientele all seem re- freshed by their long holiday. Mr :Nlaier is on point duty from eight to ten, and from eleven to the end. Closed Nlondays.... BARBERRY ROOM. 19 E. 52nd St. (PL 3-5 800 ): In the executive-suite genre, except \vhen Re- nato Rossini applies hinlself and his guitar to snloldering Iberian nlusic He appears fronl nine to one. Closed Sundays. . . . GOlDIEIS NEW YORK. 232 E. 53rd St. (PL 9-7245): Addicts of Goldie Hawkins' previous playpens should feel very much at hOllle in his latest one. The salient features are a long bar, checked table- cloths local firemen visiting one table after anoth r the hustle-and-bustle piano of the owner 'and the ronlantic piano of \Vayne Sande s. The nlusic starts at six every night of the week.... RSVP. 145 E. 55th St. (EL 5-0 2 50): This tiny diners' club beconles, at n1idniaht a run\\tay for top-grade understud- ies fr m' current nlusicals. Kevin Scott, of "Fanny," and Dee Harless, of "Silk Stock- inas " are singing there novv; as of Tuesday, ð , f " D Y k " March 27 , Janet Hayes, 0 anln an. ees, will replace Miss Harless Ralph StraIn and Carl Kornlan both of whonl understand the principles and purposes of mood music, take turns at the piano fronl seven o'clock on. The first is off Sundays; the second is off fon- days. . . . EL CHICO. 80 Grove St., at Sheridan Sq. (CH 2-4646) : The Spanish rodeo et forth here is all quite jolly, and rather a relIef fronl the manlbo Dancing for the visitors, too. Closed Sundays.... LITTLE BOHEMIA. 340 E. 79th St. (RE -6398): Frol11 seve?-:thirty un- til early mornIng, there are nlUSICIans (now stationary, now peripatetic) whose bowil}-gs and scrapings provide the perfect seasonIng for \Viener schnitzel and hot borsch. Closed Sundays. . . . lE VOUVRAY. 132 E. 61st St. (TE 8-5383): The stilly night is interrupted only by the venerable violin of the circumanlbula- tory \Villianl Adler, who has walI...ed the floor for l11any a dinner party in his tiIlle. Closed Sundays. . . . CHARDAS. 307 E. 79th St. (RH 4-93 82 ): The locale is Hu gary, t.he .state f nlind is one-big-happy-fanuly. It IS,. In a dI- tion a preserve for the nearly extInct ZIm- balo'n two exanlples of \\t hich are often operated in tandem Dancing Closed :\10n- days. .. . WAVERLY lOUNGE. 103 \Vaverly PI. ( \L 4-0776): In the plain-spoken bar of the Hotel Earle Laurie Brewis, the London edition of the show-tune encyclopedia, is at the piano after eight. No music Mon- days. . . . CHAMPAGNE GALLERY. 135 :\Iacdougal St. (GR 7-9221): A,n'yone. not o t in the pantry nlaking fudge In thIS nleetIng place of areaarious youth is apt to bob up on- stagðe singing along with \vhoever is at the Steinway. SU PPER CLU BS (Ko dancing, unless noted.) BLUE ANGEL. 152 E. 55 th St. (PL 3-5998): Enid :Nlosier and her \Vest IndIan steel band offer a reasonable explanation of \vhy cruise passengers don't \vant to. come ack honle. The rest of the cast conlpnses J one Renles, diseuse so broody that she probably \" ouldn t even take yes for an ans\,,:er, and Joey Ca ter, a fairly facile young WIt. The proce chngs ON ABOUT TOWN S.M.T.W.T.F.S 22 2c3 I 24 25 26 27 r 28 29 c30 c31 are uplifted by the ardent pulsings of Jim- nlY Lyons' trio and the piano of Bart Howard and Otis Clements. . . . C]] -\lex Fogarty does quiet cocktail and dinner piano in the lounge, except Saturdays.... VillAGE VANGUARD. 178 Seventh Ave. S., at 11th St..(CH.2-9355)' The tails of three famous bhnd mIce (tele- vision radio and the nlovies) are being cut off by 'the wo'nderfully sharp carving knife of Iaor & H. There is other intelIigent anluse- n ent by Mya Angelou, a caIliop who has just been flown in from San FrancIsco, and Eve Roberts, an indigenous songbird Clar nce \Villianls' trio, with Carl Lynch on guItar, plays for dancing Closed 1tlondays.... BON SOIR. 40 W. 8th St. (OR 4-0531): Two added baggage-snlashers are breaking this room up into even snlaller pieces-Kaye Ballard, a hellion on wheels who lives in a topsy-turvy world of her ow and Sylvia Syms, \vhose songs beckon the Íatent lotus-eater in us all, and often the latent laughter. Phil Leed , a more diffident newconler, is also quite conlic. The resIdent conlpany includes Tiger Haine$, the manic court J ester; the Three Flanles, those manic nlusicians, Jimnlie Daniels, a worldly balladeer; Bruce K;irby, ?tility ol1 ic; and Hazel \Vebster the V tllage pet pIanIst. Closed Mondays...'. DOWNSTAIRS ROOM. Sixth Ave. at 51st St. (CI 5-9465): Julius 11:onk, a well-renlenlbered conférencier, is now operat- in a one of the most compact off-Broadway re ues on record (June Ericson, Dody Good- nlan, Jack Fletcher, Gerry Matthews, all of whonl have been on or near Broadvvay be- fore) in one of the snlallest cellars on record. The spirit is one of nlockery; the words are to the wise. Piano duets by Murray Grand and Sanl Keen are the backdrop. The rumble tarts at ten-thirty. and keeps on going, Mon- days excepted.... CAMEO. 139 E.. 5 3.rd S . (PL 3-5285): Mel To nle sta ts sl glng hIS tonaue-twisting arpeggIos at nIne-thIrty, and Corky Hale, his right-hal!d girl, Ì\vang.s her harp at the head of his tno. Stan Free IS the industrious interlude pianist Closed Sun- days. A crate of new minstrels should be ar- riving on Monday, March 26. . . . BYLINE ROO . 28 \V. 56th St. (CI 7-1718): Ma el. e!cer s kingdonl of her own. The spec'lalttes du royaume are knowledgeable piano (Sam Han1Ïlton and/or Bob Printz) frolTI the co<:k- tail hour on and after the theatre, MIss Mercer's calnl, pe suasive projectiop of bal- lads that have extrasensory perceptIon. Sun- days are her holidavs. . . . UPSTAIRS AT THE D - PlEX.55 Grove St. (\VA 4-2730): T nder IS the night when LOvey Po\yell, a \ 'ISP of. a girl, speaks softly of lo,:e In her tIny ae:le. Brooks Morton supplIes conlprehendlng piano; Butterfly 1tlcQueen supplies flighty hunlor. Closed ÑIondays.... ONE FIFTH AVE- NUE. Fifth -\ve. at 8th St (SP 7-7000): Tn the bar where Bob Downey and Harold Fon- ville ha've been at the Ì\vin pianos these Inany years th ere are also songs by Karen Anders and h'ul11or by Robert Keefe. Sundays, there are ancient l110vies instead of Miss Anders, and Mondays, there are amateur nights in- stead of Mr Keefe.... BEVERLY CLUB. Beverly Hotel Lexington A \ é. at 50th St (PL 3- :) 7 I 7 )': Bobby Short, who has sung his }ight, fantastic songs in sup er l bs fronl hIS a- tive HollY\vood to HelsInkI, IS at last keepIng New York up late. His upbeat piano is a tre- nlendous help; the pillars across the r00l11 are not, so a table down front is alnlost a neces- sity. Closed Sundays. MOSTLY FOR MUSIC (Open later than most places, and no dancing, unless noted.) EDDIE CONDON'S. 47 \V. 3rd St (GR 5-8639): Shock therapy by the wayward horn of t e mighty \Vilel Bill Davison. He gets Sohd South support fronl Cutty Cutshall, Gene Schroeder, Pee \Vee Russell, George \Vet- tIing, and once in a while even fronl Mr. Condon whose vocals are all sotto-voce and tableside. Ralph Sutton's piano and Buzzy Drootin's drums keep. tþ intern1Ïs- sions piping hot Tuesdays, vIsItlng tooters conlpound the interest Closed Sundays.... THE EMBERS. 161 E. 54th St. (PL 9-3228): Jonah Jones' quartet starts chortling right after dinner; there's also the trio topped hy Dorothy Donegan, whose triphamnler piano nlay have been the downfall of the walls of Jericho. The extracurricular byplay of these perfornlers is not up to their. nlusic. St;t-ndays, the floor is held by Jack EllIott and hIS new- era trio who are all work, no byplay, and not in the Ìeast dull boys. There's cocktail and dinner piano every night, too. . . . BASIN STREET. Broadway at 51st St. (PL 7-3728): The present season of weekend ronlps end" on Friday and Saturday, l\1:arch 23-24, whel) the Matt Dennis and Teddy \Vilson trios and the l\1:ax Roach-Clifford Brown quintet will play a series of exhibition ganle . On Fri- day ::Ylarch 30, Oscar Peterson's trio, the l\1:odern Jazz Quartet, and the Kai \Vind- ing- J. J. Johnson quintet, nlodernists all, will arrive for a ten-day tay. . NICK'S. Seventh Ave S. at loth St. (CH 2- 668 3): The anvil chorus here is provided by sonle old-time Villagers. J anl sessions on Sunday afternoons. Closed Mondays. . . . JIM- MY RYAN'S. 53 \V. 52nd St. (EL 5-9600): \Vilbur de Paris and his band (Onler Simeon, Sidney de Paris, Lee Blair, and Sonny \Vhite) sound like nighttime on Ranlpart Street which is the way 52nd Street ounded in its 'vintage years. Don Frye is the inter- nlission pianist. J anl sessions Monday nights. Closed Sundays. " THE COMPOSER. 68 \;V. 5 8th St. (PL 9-6683): Billy Taylor's pianoforte variations on the nlusic of tonl0rrow tumble head over heels from a fertile nlind; Eddie Heywood's piano is sturdy, solid, and Illuch nlore set in its ways. The trios pertaining to these two gentlenlen are all that they should be. This nlusic starts around nine- thirty the Heywood are off duty Sundays, the T ylors Mondays. Johnny Mehegan, Juilli- ard cum laude, is the Steinway modernist from six to nine-thirty in the evening, except Saturday . . . . BIRDlAND. [678 Broadway, t 5 2n d St. (JU 6-7333): 'fhe trios of EddIe Davis and Bernard PeIffer and the Art Farnler-Giai Gryce quintet are here now; on Thursday, ðMarch 29, Dinah \Vashingto , Johnny Snlith's quart.et, and AI Belletto s sextet will replace the Incumbents. There are j am sessions 11:ondays, when the regulars are home In bed. . . . HICKORY HOUSE. 144 \V. 52nd St. (CI 7-95 2 4): J utta Hipp, a transat a ltic import who speaks our avant-garde ldlonl like a native, is having her first go at an \merican piano. Her trio sets to at ten, and 1'Ionday is their sabbath.... METROPOlE. Seventh -\ve. at 48th St. (J"LT 6-2278): A. perilous night at ea, nli9way between Scylla and Charybdis. -\t one tInle or another! Ken Kersey, Zutty Singleton, Tony ParentI, Sol Yaged, Red A. lIen , Buster Bailey, .Cozy Cole, Benny Ioten, and Claude HopkIns are .al- nlo t certain to see action. The row begIns at I P. \1. Saturdays and Sundays, and at 7 P. \L other days, and ends at 3 A.M. . . . CAFE